Travel Guides

Zante Beaches

Zante is renowned for unspoilt beaches and rich marine life and
it is a great island for nature-lovers. The beaches on the island
are also known for their beautiful emerald green water. The region
of Vassilikos has some of the best beaches on the island and a
favourite is St Nicholas, which has great watersports facilities.
Gerakas is also very popular, voted one of Greece's best beaches.
Gerakas is a long, sandy beach with lovely and unusual rock
formations. Many of the holiday resorts have their own beaches for
visitors to enjoy, and these are the Zante beaches with the best
amenities; generally the beaches do not have restaurants and bars
because their lack of development is their greatest attraction. The
Kalamaki, Porto Zoro and Laganas beaches are all beautiful.
Loggerhead sea turtles can be seen at Laganas Bay, home to the
National Marine Park. Navagio beach is also a great favourite,
famous for its shipwreck: the 'Panagiotis' was wrecked in 1982
while smuggling a large cargo of cigarettes and trying to evade a
customs patrol in stormy weather. There is a view point (of
somewhat dubious stability) from which the wreck can be seen, and
there are also boat trips available to the beach where the ship
lies.